---
type: "Bill"
title: "Scenic Rivers Development Alliance; authorize the establishment of."
description: "Scenic Rivers Development Alliance; authorize the establishment of."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1525"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1525 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local and Private Legislation", "Local and Private"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mims"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-23T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-02-21T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e44bde6-df1d-4884-83e5-7b15d83f3746"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf//history/HB/HB1525.xml"
source_hash: "68d7227aad3930af371013ed402d900e22dee0228444812946b982e99f4ff55c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ms"]
---

# Mississippi HB 1525 (2018) — Scenic Rivers Development Alliance; authorize the establishment of.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1525IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1525PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1525SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **106–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Mims — primary (person)
- Cockerham — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson_(94th) — cosponsor (person)
- Mangold — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Pigott — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-23T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2018-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Local and Private `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2018-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2018-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e44bde6-df1d-4884-83e5-7b15d83f3746`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).